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General remindersFrom the masjid's own video, May 30, 2026.

Treat free time as a trust

Collins Musallah, IANT · Asif Hirani

“Whatever you are consuming will impact your mentality and worldview.”

The khateeb, at 18:35

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In one sentence

Because life and time are rapidly melting away, Muslims should treat free time as a trust by disciplining mornings, screens, priorities, worship, and social inputs.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. The ice-seller story illustrates how every passing second diminishes life's remaining time.
  2. Hadith about time speeding up and undervalued health and free time connect modern distraction to spiritual danger.
  3. Listeners are urged to start mornings before Fajr and defeat laziness and procrastination.
  4. The khutbah gives a screen-discipline plan: reduce checking, schedule messages, and separate work contact.
  5. It recommends physical, intellectual, and spiritual goals, smaller resolutions, and organized priorities.
  6. It closes by urging listeners to leave useless gatherings and groups, while praying for the Ummah and Gaza and Palestine.
Try this week
Wake before Fajr, ideally around 4:30 or 5:00, and make the morning productive.
Guard Fajr and build small worship goals, such as beginning with two rakahs of tahajjud.
Reduce screen time by setting specific times to answer messages and using a separate work number when needed.
Set physical, intellectual, and spiritual goals, such as exercise, reading, learning a skill, or learning AI productively.
Organize priorities and schedules into primary and secondary tasks.
Leave online groups and in-person gatherings that do not benefit one's worldly or spiritual life.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 103Used to argue that humanity is in loss because time is constantly passing.
Sahih MuslimUsed to discuss the sign that time will feel increasingly compressed before the Day of Judgment.
Sahih al-BukhariUsed to teach that many people undervalue the blessings of health and free time.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Most of us, our ice is melting. Our life, the time we have, every single second is bringing us close to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.”
Collins Musallah · Richardson, TX
Play from 2:56
“From Fajr have some discipline. Have some restraint. Otherwise you will have mental health issues.”
Collins Musallah · Richardson, TX
Play from 16:15
“whatever you are consuming will impact your mentality and worldview.”
Collins Musallah · Richardson, TX
Play from 18:35
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah reminds us that time is like ice melting in the desert: every moment we have is moving us closer to meeting Allah. We should not assume we have plenty of life left, so we should use our health and free time carefully. The speaker encouraged productive mornings, guarding Fajr, reducing screen time, and setting small physical, learning, and worship goals. He also advised leaving conversations and online groups that do not benefit our worldly or spiritual lives. He ended by asking Allah to forgive us, help the Ummah, and protect people suffering in Gaza and Palestine.

  1. What is one screen habit you would like to change this week?
  2. What small physical, learning, or worship goal could you begin tomorrow?
  3. How can our family make our mornings more productive?
Where it was given

The masjids

Collins Musallah1600 N Plano Rd #200, Richardson, TX 75081Islamic Association of North Texas840 Abrams Road, Richardson, TX 75081Jumu'ah 1:15 PM and 2:15 PMKhateebAsif HiraniMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Collins Musallah58 khutbahs
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